Ash-Shura

Surah 42 of the Quran
الشورى‎ ; Ash-Shūrā; Council
Arabic text; Audio fileⓘ; English text;
Classification	Meccan
Other names	Consultation, The Counsel
Position	Juzʼ 25
No. of verses	53
No. of Rukus	5
No. of words	983
No. of letters	3473
	← Quran 41 Quran 43 →

Ash-Shūrā (Arabic: الشورى, al-shūrā, "Council, Consultation") is the 42nd chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an (Q42) with 53 verses (āyāt). Its title derives from the question of "shūrā" (consultation) referred to in Verse 38. The term appears only once in the Quranic text (at Q42:38). It has no pre-Quranic antecedent.^[1]

Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which means it has been revealed in Mecca, rather than later in Medina.

^ al-Baghdādī, Aḥmad Mubārak and Wheeler, Brannon M.,“Consultation”, in: Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān, General Editor: Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Georgetown University, Washington DC. Consulted online on 06 July 2020

[1] -Baghdādī, Aḥmad Mubārak and Wheeler, Brannon M.,“Consultation”, in: Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān, General Editor: Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Georgetown University, Washington DC. Consulted online on 06 July 2020

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الشورى‎ Ash-Shūrā Council
Arabic text Audio file^ⓘ English text
Classification	Meccan
Other names	Consultation, The Counsel
Position	Juzʼ 25
No. of verses	53
No. of Rukus	5
No. of words	983
No. of letters	3473
← Quran 41 Quran 43 →